Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Of Love and Betrayal ❯ Of Checkups and Taijutsu ( Chapter 3 )

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Last chapter summary:

In the last chapter Sakura tells Naruto about her plans and he tells her that Hinata is pregnant. Afterwards they go to a bar to meet up with friends but she finds three of the Jounin that were supposed to train her and she tells them about her intentions and they agree. But Kakashi has a small talk with her which ends up with him disappearing and her fuming once again.

Warning: some language and references to rape but other then that no warnings.

 

Chapter name: Of checkups and Taijutsu: (revised)

 

A sharp buzzing noise knifed through her pleasant dream and woke her up instantly. She sat up looking around, slightly alarmed, but then she remembered that she was in her room and that she had to meet Gai today for the start of her training.

She leaned over and turned off her annoying alarm clock and groaned softly in pain. Her head was pounding and the light coming through her window was causing her even more pain.

`Ugh why the hell did I drink so much last night? What was I thinking?'

Then the events of the previous night came rushing back to her and she felt her blood start to boil again just thinking about Kakashi's arrogance.

She clenched her fists and pounded it into her pillow harmlessly.

“I can't believe he is still so arrogant! I'll show him just how much he has missed out on.”

After her little temper tantrum she sighed, relenting to the fact that she had to start getting ready or she would be late to her first day of training, and knowing Gai it would only cause her to do more training.

She slowly rolled off of her bed and walked over to her closet, picking out her training clothes, she went into her bathroom. She turned on the water and, after undressing, she got in under the relaxing massage of the hot water hitting her sore muscles.

As she slowly washed her self she thought about the events of last night.

After she had her little talk with Kakashi she had returned to the bar and ordered another round of sake and sat back down with her friends.

She had been having a good time catching up on old times and on any new news. Then Genma had approached her again and with the sake in full affect she had uncharacteristically returned his flirting. It had went on until they had ended up in the alley kissing, not caring if anybody would happen to walk by and see them. She had been having a good time until she had looked at Genma and seen Sasuke's cold face.

Sakura's eyes widened when she remembered exactly why she had pushed Genma away and gone back into the bar to drink away the bad memories of her past.

Turning off the water she got out and dried herself and got dressed. Putting her Hitai-it on, she walked out of her bedroom and into the kitchen, where she had a small rice cake for breakfast and then she left her house, heading for the old training grounds. She grimaced as she felt another painful throb go through her brain.

“I just hope I can get through this day,” She said sighing.

She made it to the training grounds in record time. About three minutes later Gai appeared before her and she stood up smiling.

“Good morning Gai-sensei.”

“Yes and what a beautiful morning it is to begin training of the art of Taijutsu,” He said dramatically as usual.

Sakura rolled her eyes but said nothing.

“Okay to start I want you to put these on around your ankles and wrists,” He said giving Sakura four sets of very heavy pounds.

Sakura took them and fastened them around her ankles and wrists, instantly feeling the difference.

“I want you to wear those everywhere you go for now on; I want it to become so familiar that you can train normally with them on.”

Sakura nodded, grimacing slightly at the idea of having to lug an extra hundred pounds around with her.

“now to start out today you will be doing one hundred laps around Konoha, and five hundred push ups, sit ups, and pull ups. I will give you the whole day to get this done, after today I will expect you to do this on your own each day.”

Sakura's mouth nearly reached her knees.

“Are you crazy Gai-sensei that will take forever especially with this added weight!” she exclaimed.

Gai's eyebrow raised a fraction and he crossed his arms in front of him.

“Lee does this every day I don't see why you can't either, plus if you want to improve your Taijutsu you have to improve your speed. I know you have that strength jutsu Hokage-sama taught you a couple of years ago but you are slow and an enemy can see you coming, but with this you will increase not only your strength and endurance but also your speed, which are all significant if you want to pass the ANBU exam.” He reasoned.

Sakura sighed, seeing the truth in his words.

“Okay okay I won't complain anymore. So other then this, what are we going to work on this week?” She asked slightly curious as to how hard she would be training this week.

“Hmm, well I am going to help you with being able to read people's body movements so that close combat will be easier for you. I will also help you improve your Taijutsu all together. That's about all I can do in such a short time even with someone of your skill.”

“Hai, arigato Gai-sensei for this I really do appreciate it. So I guess I'll see you tomorrow.” She said and started to walk to the perimeter of Konoha so she could start on her laps.

“Oh and Sakura I don't want you to use any chakra during this, you are only to use your physical strength and not your chakra or any jutsu's of any kind.”

`He is just planning to make my day hell isn't he.'

She didn't say anything but waved her hand and turned and started to walk slowly, trying to get used too the extra weight.

 

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Sakura practically dragged herself through her door on hands and knees, so exhausted that she could hardly lift a finger let alone walk anymore.

`How the hell am I supposed to do that every day and do the extra training with Gai!?'

She thought bewildered as she tiredly shed her training clothes and went into her bathroom for another shower.

After her shower she put the weights back on and put on a casual Jounin uniform. She tiredly went into her living room and sat and turned on the television. An old movie was the only thing good on so she laid back and watched the movie, already beginning to drift off to sleep… until blinding pain shot through her body, originating from her lower stomach.

“Shit!” She cried as another wave of pain hit her. She got up unsteadily and started to walk to her door.

“I need to get to the hospital, its happening again.” She groaned out as she left her house slouched over slightly in pain. When she reached the hospital she was immediately directed to an empty room where her familiar medic Nin was waiting.

Sakura lay down on the bed and looked up at the medic Nin.

“I don't know what's wrong this time, it just started to hurt a lot,” She explained as the medic started to work on her lower stomach. After a thorough checkup and many tests the medic sat back tiredly.

“I've done all I can, it seems as if your training has disturbed torn tissue in your uterus and the pain you were experiencing was the body trying to heal the damage done to your female organs. I made sure that your body would not recognize the damage there for another couple of months, but you know sooner or later we are going to have to remove…”

“I know I just can't afford to be in bed right now I have something important coming up that I have to train for.”

“You can't keep putting this off Sakura. It's not healthy to have such damaged organs still in your body.”

“I know but ill be fine, I promise once this month is over ill make an appointment to have that surgery.” She said trying to reassure the worried medic.

“Okay, well you're alright now so I will look forward to seeing you after whatever you're working on. Just make sure you make that appointment…” she said and then left the room to attend another patient.

Sakura sighed and slipped off the medical bed and left the room. Her hands drifted to her stomach and she clenched her hands around the clothing. For the first time in a while she let her mind drift to think about Uchiha Sasuke.

She had truly loved the Uchiha, he was her first and only love as well as the only man that had touched her intimately.

She scoffed at that thought. She wouldn't necessarily say that what he did was intimate, more like rough, cold and uncaring.

Five years ago when she was captured by Orochimaru he had ordered Sasuke to prove his loyalty and Sasuke did without any hesitation. He had brutally raped and tortured her, both physically and mentally; she was surprised at how far she had come from the trauma she had endured from him. Not only had he broken her body he had also broken her spirit and had utterly broken her heart.

She was no longer the kind and caring Sakura that had left Konoha, after that day she had turned into something totally different. In a way she had adopted Sasuke's view on life, all she cared about was power and how to get it. But the difference between her and Sasuke was that she wanted to use her power to protect those she loved and to prove to everyone and herself that she was no longer that weak willed girl that only depended on others to save her. Now she never accepted pity or help from others, she carved her own way through live.

Sakura suddenly remembered something that Sasuke had said during her first Chuunin exam.

`Even if I have to sell my soul to the devil, I will find the way to obtain power.'

Sakura smiled bitterly. He had certainly sold his soul to the devil; she shuddered just remembering the feel of his cold slick skin against her own.

What he had done to her had thoroughly damaged her female organs, which had crushed her dream of having children. She no longer clung to the dream of growing up and getting married and having a family, she was now a hardened Kinochi that had soiled her hands with the blood of many and had no qualms about dying for her village.

She had one thing to thank Sasuke for, and that was finally waking her up and helping her grow to become the powerful woman she was today.

She was brought out of her thoughts when she bumped into something hard in front of her. She sharply looked up to see Kakashi's familiar face.

`Of all the people I could've bumped into why did it have to be him?'

She planted a smile on her face, quickly putting her former thoughts back behind that door in her mind.

“Hello Kakashi,” she said forcing her voice to be pleasant.

He lifted his one eyebrow slightly but lifted his hand in his usual greeting.

“Yo,” He said simply.

“What are you up too these days?” she asked trying to have a somewhat pleasant conversation with him.

“I'm actually on my way home now and how about you?” he said, while he started to walk again.

Sakura fell into step beside him, easily matching his pace.

“Uh I just went to the hospital really fast and now I'm on my way home.”

Kakashi's dark eye fell on the weights she had on her wrists and ankles and smiled under his mask.

“So I see Gai already has you hard at work.”

“Yea, I have to say I would much rather prefer your training style then his.” She said smiling.

“Hm.”

“Hey Kakashi?”

“Hm?”

Sakura stopped and turned towards her old sensei.

“What happened? To us I mean…. Why did we grow so much apart and yet you and Naruto are still so close?”

Kakashi's single black eye filled with guilt and Sakura clenched her fists.

“And why the hell do you always have that look in your eye when you look at me!” she practically yelled.

Kakashi sighed.

“Sakura… I'm sorry for not being able to protect you,” He said simply.

“So just because your guilty about something that happened in the past you just decide that you are going to avoid me especially when I needed you most?! If you want to feel guilty about anything, feel guilty about the fact that you weren't there when I needed you most. I didn't need you when Sasuke was raping me, but when I was trying to get over all of that. I really needed someone there and it hurt more then anything that my own sensei thought me so soiled and dirty that he couldn't come near me!” She cried.

Kakashi's eye widened in surprise and he immediately pulled her into his embrace. Sakura gasped and her eyes widened as his arms wrapped around her and she was pressed gently against him.

“I'm sorry Sakura; I never meant to make you feel that way, but seeing you in that room, seeing what he had done to you….” He drifted off, his arms tightening around her.

Sakura didn't make any move to return his embrace; she just stood in his arms and listened to him as he whispered into her ear.

“I just couldn't face you…I couldn't face that I failed to protect you against… I was a coward.”

Sakura gently laid her cheek against his shoulder and let a small smile grace her lips.

“Its okay Kakashi… it wasn't your fault what happened, it was mine, if only I was stronger… if only I had given up on Sasuke. You know when he was raping me he never looked me in the eye once… he was the coward, he never once could face how far he had gone to obtain power,” She whispered.

She could feel the pain in her lunges and the tight knot in her stomach but her emerald colored eyes staid dry, she had run out of tears to cry long ago.

Kakashi let his arms fall from around her and he took a step back, surprised to see Sakura's eyes dry.

`I guess she really has grown up, she no longer is the Sakura that I knew.'

Sakura smiled up at him and stepped back.

“Good night Kakashi,” She said and then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Kakashi smirked under his black mask and turned and started to walk back to his apartment, his mind racing.

He thought back to what she had just said. The fact that she held no emotion in her voice and to be able to think back to such a traumatic event and not give a hint of what she felt inside truly showed him just how much she had grown.

`She has grown into a true ninja, a tool, not a human being, just a tool that shows no emotion.' He thought sadly.

He had always hoped that his subordinates would never become that way, Sakura used to be so caring and Naruto was so carefree, and Sasuke….he had always felt pity for the last Uchiha, at such a young age he had lost his whole clan, it was no wonder he had gone crazy with the need for more power. But what he had done to Sakura…

Kakashi's black eye filled with sadness remembering the tragic end to team 7. After them he never again took on a team of Genin, mainly because he never wanted to go through the hell he had with team 7.

Even now there shared past affected all the remaining team 7 members. Naruto, even though he hid it well behind his smiles, still held the shadows of pain, regret, and guilt of having to kill Sasuke with his own hands. Sakura was no longer naive or innocent, she had become a ruthless Kinochi and she always made sure to see each mission she was given through to the end.

But her eyes…when he looked into her eyes he could see the pain there, the pain of betrayal, and it hurt him to see that pain within them. Sakura more so then Naruto, even though both of them had moved on with there lives, Naruto has been better off then Sakura.

Naruto was now married with Hyuuga Hinata and he was well on his way to achieving his dream of becoming Hokage. While Sakura….She was not happy, the handful of times he's seen her in the village the last couple of years he could sense her loneliness and unhappiness. She hid it well behind her training and work, but he saw the subtle signs. She hardly ever smiled anymore and when she did it never reached her eyes.

Kakashi thought about the pink haired Kinochi, seeing her in his minds eye. She had grown up a great deal, even though he had yet to experience any of her new skills, he could feel the power that emanated from her in waves.

`I guess I'll see just how powerful she has become in three more weeks.'

 

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The rest of the week flew by for Sakura. Her day's where filled with training while at night she would have horrible nightmares of blood red eyes and blood. On the last day she was to meet Gai on the training grounds he was there to greet her.

“Over the past week I think I have taught you enough and I will make sure to submit my report to Hokage-sama. You were a good student; I hope you will take this gift as a good luck present.” He said and then pulled out a very familiar looking green outfit and handed it to her.

Sakura's face twisted into a mix of bewilderment and disgust. She held the green suit out as if it were a disgusting bug.

“Uh… I don't know what to say…” she said and laughed nervously.

“Just say you'll wear it when you tryout for ANBU!” he said laughing.

Sakura laughed nervously and put the ugly piece of clothing into her pack.

“Uh… yea I'll think about it. Arigato Gai-sensei I really learned a lot from you.”

Gai just gave his customary thumbs up and started to walk away.

“Well I have to go now but make sure you keep those weights on for the next couple of weeks, you'll realize that you'll like the results,” He said and then jumped up into a tree and disappeared.

Sakura looked back down at the weights attached to her wrists.

`yea I guess he was right I am getting used to these weights, maybe I should find heavier ones… well tomorrow she started her training with Neji.'

Neji was an ANBU captain as well and he had become a very powerful and skilled shinobi.

`I wonder what kind of weapons I will have to learn about this week.'

She already was very skilled with Senbon, kunai, the windmill shuriken, and somewhat decent with a sword. The only thing she really sucked at was the bow and arrow.

`Well I guess we'll see,' she thought as she began to walk to the perimeter to do her usual morning training routine.

 

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Authors note:

Okay the next two chapters is going to be a lot shorter then the first three but I'll be getting those out pretty fast. I hope everyone likes the way the fic is going now. I'm having Sakura have run in's with Kakashi so that by the time it's his turn to train her they will be somewhat comfortable with each other. Even though Sakura still resents him somewhat for abandoning her, she understands why he did what he did. If anyone has any suggestions about this fic then please review and tell me your thoughts. Once again thank you for reading! Ja Ne!

 

Next chapter:

Sakura starts her training with Neji. She meets up with Ino for lunch and receives some good news and then later that night she meets up with Naruto and Kakashi for ramen.